SFTP Working, FTP … Not So Much

I have two FTP profiles: One using FTP, the other using SFTP. The target server is the same in each case.

The problem is that while the SFTP profile works, the FTP profile does not. When I try uploading a file using the FTP profile, I get the error shown below. This error occurs immediately, without any delay.

I’m using known-correct values for “Hostname or IP”, “Port”, “Username”, and “Password”. It makes no difference if I try using “Passive mode”, but (being familiar with my FTP server, router, and network configuration) it should work either way. Altering the “Default folder” also makes no difference.

Using the exact same hostname / port / username / password in an FTP client, I can connect just fine.

I had not even tried that until now. Yes, when I open the FTP window and use the very same FTP profile that gives the aforementioned error, it works fine. It connects and presents a file listing.

However, when I use the SFTP profile in the FTP window, PA freezes, even beyond the 30-second timeout that is configured! (Remember, in the upload dialog, the SFTP profile works!)

To summarize, when trying to upload, the FTP profile gives an immediate error, but the SFTP profile works. When trying to simply connect in the FTP window, the FTP profile works, but the SFTP profile makes PA freeze.

I had not even tried that until now. Yes, when I open the FTP window and use the very same FTP profile that gives the aforementioned error, it works fine. It connects and presents a file listing.

However, when I use the SFTP profile in the FTP window, PA freezes, even beyond the 30-second timeout that is configured! (Remember, in the upload dialog, the SFTP profile works!)

To summarize, when trying to upload, the FTP profile gives an immediate error, but the SFTP profile works. When trying to simply connect in the FTP window, the FTP profile works, but the SFTP profile makes PA freeze.

sftp does not work in client… so ftp upload does not work when sending from menu… thanks!

When I try the SFTP profile, I see strange behavior. When I select “FTP/SFTP” under “Destination Media”, then click somewhere else in the tree and then click “FTP/SFTP” again, I can see the “SFTP” profile flip back over to the “FTP” profile. I mean this literally–the drop-down list shows the “SFTP” profile at first, but after a split second, it flips to the “FTP” profile on its own.

When I select the SFTP profile and just proceed trying to create/upload the backup (without clicking away and back again as mentioned above), the upload seems to work (the file appears on the FTP server), but PA hangs on showing “Uploading filename.zipx”, and I can’t cancel it.